Device for use in dressing the hair.



. A. MASLE DEVICE FOR USE IN DRESSING THE HAIE.

APPLICATION IILBD JAN.6, 1912.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.-

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ANTON MASLE, OF LAIBACH, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

DEVICE FOR USE IN DRESSING THE HAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

Application filed January 6, 1912. Serial No. 669,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, ANTON MAsLn, residing at Jakober trg. 8, Laibach,Carniola, (Krain,) Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Use in Dressing the Hair, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for dressing thehair.

The device consi ts of two combs, the handle portions of which areconnected along their longer edges by means of a hinge, so that thecombs can be closed together or opened out to a predeterminable extentin order that they may spread apart and form a species of roof-likesupporting structure.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a front view of a hair dressingdevice embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a section on lineAB, Fig. 1.

The handle portions a of the two combs b are connected together by ahinged clamping device.

6 is an expansile spring located upon the pin it connecting two parts 0cl of the hinged device and arranged between these parts in such a waythat it has a tendency to open them out so that the combs b are spreadapart.

One extremity of each of the hinged pieces is adapted to embrace thehandle a of the comb b and to hold it fast and in such a way that it canbe easily removed. The other end of each piece a d limits the opening ofthe parts. A regulating screw f serves to regulate the amount of theopening of the combs b. By closing the portions 0 0i together, the combsb are first brought together and in this condition the device is pushedinto the hair at the place where the hair is to be made up. When thedevice is released the combs spread apart and raise up the hair whichremains permanently in the raised position without using the ordinarydevices. It is moreover retained in a position corresponding to theangle which the two combs are to make with one another. The size of thisangle can be varied to suit requirements by means of the regulatingscrew F. a

It will of course be understood that the combs Z) can be permanentlyattached to the hinged devices a, d, and that the clamping device andthe spring 6 and regulating screw f can be formed and arranged in manyother ways without departing from the principle of the invention.

I claim 1. In a device for dressing the hair, the combination of twocombs, a hinge each member of which is provided with a clip, a combcarried by each clip, spring means for normally pressing the combsapart,and means for limiting the extent to which they can be separated underthe influence of the spring substantially as described.

2. In a device for dressing the hair the combination of two combs, abent spring device for connecting the combs at the back and normallytending to separate the said combs and screw means limiting the extentto which they can be separated and thus regulating the opening betweenthem substantially as described.

Dated this 20th day of December 1911.

In testimony whereof I afifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I ANTON MASLE.

Witnesses:

STEFAN SroJAoIo, ANTON TURK.

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